Writers' Trust Announces Finalists for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the five finalists for the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The prize, now in its fifteenth year, is awarded annually to a book of literary non-fiction that eloquently captures a significant subject in Canadian politics with the potential to shape or influence thinking on Canadian political life. This year's finalists were selected by a jury comprising of author Denise Chong, author and Ottawa Citizen columnist Terry Glavin and The Globe and Mail Atlantic bureau chief Jane Taber.

The books run a gamut of topics from a plea for rational political thought, an exploration of the 1995 Quebec referendum, the role our capitalist economy plays in failed climate change policy, an impassioned call for Canadians to support Aboriginal voices and an authoritative account of Nova Scotia's recent one-term majority NDP government.

The Finalists for the 2014 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing:

Canadian writers Emma Donoghue (Room, HarperCollins Canada/ Picador) and Kathleen Winter (Annabel, House of Anansi Press/ Jonathan Cape) have been shortlisted for the UK's prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction. The award ceremony will take place on June 8 in London, England. Congratulations to the six shortlisted authors!